FIFA initially planned for their expanded competition to involve 16 groups of three teams, but the thrills that the four-team ...

World Cup will have a record 48 teams. Japan became the first nation excluding the three hosts to secure a spot.

SAITAMA, Japan — History has been made, folks. The first non-host nation has officially qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup ...

Japan became the first country to qualify for the 2026 men’s World Cup after it beat Bahrain 2-0 at Saitama Stadium on ...

After celebrating qualification for an eighth consecutive World Cup finals with beaming smiles and high fives, Japan shifted focus towards becoming the first Asian side to win football's most coveted ...

There are stars from around world soccer in CAF, including dozens of Premier League players like Liverpool's Mohamed Salah, ...

President Trump announced Friday that he is creating a task force to prepare for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which is being held in North America next year. The task force will oversee logistics and ...

The revamped Club World Cup has presented no shortage of obstacles for FIFA. Originally conceptualized in 2018, when football’s world governing body discussed a 24-team tournament to take place ...

SESTRIERE, Italy — Mikaela Shiffrin is 100% the best in skiing’s World Cup history book. Shiffrin’s record-extending 100th career World Cup race win Sunday fulfilled a quest put on hold by a ...

The 2026 World Cup is coming to North America with an expanded field, as the United States, Canada, and Mexico will host and participate in the 23rd edition of the most celebrated tournament in the ...

They’ll arrive at SoFi Stadium in Southern California, and at other NFL stadiums next June, on the home stretch of a years-long search for solutions to a 2026 World Cup problem: turf.

March brings a return to CAF qualifying for the FIFA World Cup 26. Here is a breakdown on where things stand in the nine groups. African national teams are gearing up for their fifth and sixth ...